Brad & Kathy’s genealogy

Family History of Brad Mohr & Kathy Whalen

Home Search Login  
Neil Franzen

Neil Franzen

Male 1931 - 2010  (78 years)

Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Neil Franzen was born on 19 Nov 1931 in Illinois, USA (son of Raymond A. Franzen and Violet M. Myhrman); died on 1 Jan 2010 in Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Amherst College, 1955
    • Residence: 1935, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1940, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    As of January 1991, Neil was the vice president of Banco di Sicilia’s Chicago office.

    Residence:
    Oak Street

    Census:
    Oak Street

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Claudia Franzen
    2. Larry Franzen
    3. Robert Franzen

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Raymond A. Franzen was born on 2 Aug 1902 in Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (son of Herman Henry August Franzen and Elizabeth Heine); died on 30 Dec 1990 in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Amherst College, 1926; John Marshall Law School
    • Occupation: Attorney and banker
    • Census: 1910, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1920, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1930, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1935, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1940, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Raymond was working as an assistant cashier at the Itasca State Bank on 4 October 1930 when the bank was robbed by two men, including George “baby-face” Nelson.

    Residence:
    Oak Street

    Census:
    Oak Street

    Died:
    Queen’s Hospital

    Raymond married Violet M. Myhrman on 18 Jan 1928 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Violet was born on 26 Dec 1908 in Illinois, USA; died on 25 Aug 1990 in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Violet M. Myhrman was born on 26 Dec 1908 in Illinois, USA; died on 25 Aug 1990 in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1935, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1940, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Both parents born in Sweden.

    Residence:
    Oak Street

    Census:
    Oak Street

    Notes:

    Married:
    Edgewater Beach Hotel

    Children:
    1. 1. Neil Franzen was born on 19 Nov 1931 in Illinois, USA; died on 1 Jan 2010 in Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. K. Franzen


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Herman Henry August Franzen was born on 3 Sep 1868 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (son of Johann Heinrich Franzen and Anna Catharine Deters); died on 20 May 1959; was buried in May 1959 in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Banker, Lumber dealer
    • Census: 1870, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1880, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1910, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1920, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Lived in Bensenville area before moving to Itasca, Illinois. Founded the Bank of Franzen Brothers among 12 others in Bensenville, Arlington Heights, Roselle, and Itasca.

    Herman married Elizabeth Heine on 23 Oct 1888 in DuPage County, Illinois, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1865 in Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 16 Dec 1947; was buried in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Heine was born in 1865 in Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 16 Dec 1947; was buried in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Lizzie
    • Research Notes: Age given as 40 at time of 1910 census and 49 at the time of the 1920 census, which would put her birth in about 1869.
    • Census: 1910, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1920, Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

    Children:
    1. Hermann Franzen was born on 11 Aug 1889; died on 12 Aug 1889; was buried in Aug 1889 in Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    2. Elmer Henry Franzen was born on 24 Nov 1891 in Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died in Dec 1978 in Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Dec 1978 in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    3. Cacilie Bertha Ida Franzen was born on 29 Jun 1893 in River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 25 Sep 1893; was buried in Sep 1893 in St. John UCC, Beecher, Will County, Illinois, USA.
    4. Cornelia Sophia Franzen was born on 29 Jun 1893 in River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 26 Sep 1893; was buried in Sep 1893 in St. Johannes Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    5. Arthur Henry Franzen was born on 12 Dec 1894 in Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died after Dec 1978.
    6. 2. Raymond A. Franzen was born on 2 Aug 1902 in Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 30 Dec 1990 in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johann Heinrich Franzen was born on 1 Oct 1813 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany (son of Hermann Bernhard Heinrich Franzen and Fenne Adelheid Elfring); died on 1 Apr 1893 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Apr 1893 in Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: John Henry
    • Occupation: Farm owner in Addison Township, Illinois
    • Research Notes: Gloria Landwer Scott gives birthday of 1 Nov 1813.
    • Emigration: 1834
    • Census: 1850, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1860, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1870, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1880, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Came to America in 1834 with his parents and brother. For several years after coming to Bensenville, he ran an oil mill. As of 1882, he owned 250 acres in Addison Township and another 600 acres in Minnesota.

    Buried:
    South 6D

    Johann married Anna Catharine Deters in Oct 1844 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA. Anna (daughter of Johann Gerhard Freie and Anna Gesina Margaretha Stüve) was born on 14 Sep 1824 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 19 Sep 1824 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; died on 17 Dec 1884 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Dec 1884 in Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anna Catharine Deters was born on 14 Sep 1824 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 19 Sep 1824 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany (daughter of Johann Gerhard Freie and Anna Gesina Margaretha Stüve); died on 17 Dec 1884 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Dec 1884 in Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Catharine
    • Confirmation: 12 Apr 1840, Schale, Westfalen, Germany
    • Census: 1850, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1860, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1870, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1880, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    South 6D

    Children:
    1. Bernhard L. Franzen was born on 2 Oct 1845 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died in 1927 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1927 in Friedens Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    2. Caroline Franzen was born on 11 Aug 1847 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 9 Sep 1905 in Pingree Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA.
    3. Emma Catharina Franzen was born on 6 Apr 1849 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 27 Jun 1938 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1938 in Friedens Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    4. Henry Frederick Dietrich Franzen was born on 3 Mar 1851 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Aug 1851 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    5. Carl August Franzen was born on 28 Sep 1852 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 9 Nov 1929 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 13 Nov 1929 in Friedens Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    6. John Henry Franzen was born on 27 Feb 1855 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 7 Mar 1880 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1880 in Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    7. Dorothea Franzen was born on 25 Jan 1857 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Feb 1948 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Feb 1948 in Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    8. Gustav Franzen was born on 14 Dec 1858 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 10 Sep 1860 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    9. Wilhelm Frederick Franzen was born on 18 Mar 1861 in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Jan 1945 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Jan 1945 in Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.
    10. 4. Herman Henry August Franzen was born on 3 Sep 1868 in Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; died on 20 May 1959; was buried in May 1959 in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.



This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v. 14.0.5, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2024.

Maintained by Brad Mohr.